Tenellia herrerai is a species of sea slug, an aeolid nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusc in the family Fionidae.[2]
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| (unranked): | clade Heterobranchia
clade Euthyneura |
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| Species: | T. herrerai
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| Tenellia herrerai (Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002)[1]
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Taxonomic history edit
The species was first described, then named as Cuthona herrerai in 2002. It was a Cuthona species until a DNA phylogeny of the former family Tergipedidae resulted in most species of Cuthona being transferred to the genus Tenellia, including Cuthona herrerai which became Tenellia herrerai.[3]
Distribution edit
This species was described from Tarrafal de Monte Trigo, Santo Antão, Cape Verde Islands.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b Ortea J.A., Moro L. & Caballer M. (2002). Descripcion de una especie nueva del género Cuthona Alder & Hancock, 1855 (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de las islas de Cabo Verde. Revista de la Academia Canaria de Ciencias 13(4): 117-121. ["2001", published July 2002].
- ^ Caballer, M.; Bouchet, P. (2014). Cuthona herrerai Ortea, Moro & Caballer, 2002. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species on 2015-02-14
- ^ Cella, K; Carmona Barnosi, L.; Ekimova, I; Chichvarkhin, A; Schepetov, D; Gosliner, T. M. (2016). A radical solution: The phylogeny of the nudibranch family Fionidae. PLoS ONE. 11(12): e0167800.